Empty Spain

Empty Spain (Spanish: España Vaciada, lit. 'Emptied Spain', EV) is a political party in Spain. EV, whose name derives from the coined term to refer to Spain's rural and sparsely populated interior provinces^[1] was formed as a political platform by a large number of citizen collectives and associations, in order to contest the 2023 Spanish general election. In this, they were inspired by the success of the Teruel Existe candidacy (A part of the Empty Spain party, Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 general election.^[2][3]

Empty Spain España Vaciada
National Coordinator	Teo Nieto
Founded	30 September 2021
Headquarters	Miguel de Cervantes, nº 8 local 44600, Alcañiz
Ideology	Localism Agrarianism Anti-depopulation Rural development
Political position	Big tent
Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
Spanish Senate	0 / 266
Cortes of Castile and León	3 / 81
Cortes of Aragon	3 / 67
Website
españavaciada.org
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It was registered as a political party on 30 September 2021.^[4] By November 2021, it was confirmed that over 160 collectives and associations from about 30 Spanish provinces committed themselves to finalizing the electoral platform before January 2022.^[5][6] On 30 November, national deputy and member of Teruel Existe, Tomás Guitarte, confirmed their intention to contest the next national elections as a single candidacy.^[7]

The first election contested by the platform was 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional elections. It ran lists in five of the nine province of Castile and León. In the Province of Soria, member party Soria ¡Ya! was the most voted for party with 42.6%, taking three of the five seats for the province.^[8][9]

In the 2023 Spanish general election, Empty Spain lost all its seats in the Cortes Generales, becoming extra-parliamentary.^[10]

Provincial organization of the España Vaciada party.

  Provinces where EV has a local branch constituted.

  Provinces where EV is represented by a local party.

Member parties

The federation of parties of Empty Spain was constituted on 27 November 2022.^[11] On 15 January 2023, SOS West joined the federation representing Asturias.^[12]

Party		Notes
	Empty Spain (EV)	In Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Salamanca, León, Toledo, Ciudad Real and La Rioja.
	Teruel Exists (TE)	In Teruel.
	Aragón Exists (AE)	In Zaragoza and Huesca.
	Soria Now! (SY)	In Soria.
	Cuenca Now (CA)	In Cuenca.
	SOS West (SOS Occidente)	In Asturias.

Former members

Party		Notes
	Jaén Deserves More (JM+)	In Jaén. Suspended its relationship with Empty Spain in 2023.[13]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Election	Votes	%	Congress of Deputies	Seat change	Senate	Seat change	Government
2023	36,397	0.15%	0 / 350	1	0 / 208	2	No seats

Regional parliaments

Region	Election	Votes	%	Seats	Government
Andalusia	2022[a]	18,685	0.51 (#8)	0 / 109	No seats
Castile and León	2022[b][c][d]	37,885	3.14 (#7)	3 / 81	Opposition
Aragón	2023[e][f]	32,717	5.00 (#5)	3 / 67	Opposition
Asturias	2023[g]	5,713	1.10 (#7)	0 / 45	No seats
Castile-La Mancha	2023[h][i]	3,601	0.34 (#7)	0 / 33	No seats
La Rioja	2023[j]	5,975	2.59 (#5)	0 / 33	No seats

Notes

1. Contested as Jaén Deserves More in the Province of Jaén
2. Seats won by Soria ¡Ya! in the Province of Soria.
3. Contested as Empty Spain in the provinces of Palencia, Salamanca and Valladolid.
4. Contested as Vía Burgalesa in the provinces of Burgos.
5. Contested as Aragón Existe - Teruel Existe coalition
6. Seats won by Teruel Existe in the Province of Teruel.
7. Contested as SOS Asturias - Empty Spain.
8. Contested as +Cuenca Now - Empty Spain in the Province of the Cuenca.
9. Contested as Empty Spain in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo.
10. Contested as Partido Riojano - Empty Spain coalition.